By pure coincidence, when we crossed the Gulf Stream and checked into the Bahamas, we arrived at Allen's Cay at slack tide. The weather was gorgeous and I was sticky-icky-sweaty and I jumped into the (crystal-clear turquoise) water for a swim, while Dan stayed aboard to tidy up the boat. My swim was uneventful. An hour later, Dan took his turn, and found the tidal current so strong (already!) that he cut his swim short. There but for fortune, we too could have been an article in the Annapolis Capital ...

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By pure coincidence, when we crossed the Gulf Stream and checked into the Bahamas, we arrived at Allen's Cay at slack tide. The weather was gorgeous and I was sticky-icky-sweaty and I jumped into the (crystal-clear turquoise) water for a swim, while Dan stayed aboard to tidy up the boat. My swim was uneventful. An hour later, Dan took his turn, and found the tidal current so strong (already!) that he cut his swim short. There but for fortune, we too could have been an article in the Annapolis Capital ...

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Ok, so we were anchored at the bottom of Penang Island, Malaysia a few weeks ago...time to check and clean the prop, the current running a bit, had my fins and snorkel on, hopped in the water, floated down to the back of the boat, just about to go under when a jelly fish wraps itself around my midsection, holy cow did that sting, ever see a man walk on water against a 2 knot tide? The warm vinegar bath helped, but I had blisters and it has itched like hell for almost a month. I don't know about jumping in the water any more...

Thanx for the vote of confidence, but really, it was just a bit of luck. We were very securely anchored so I suppose at worst we would have just drifted to the beach and had to wait for slack tide to return to the boat. It just never occurred to us that there would be such a strong current where we were, as this was the first time we'd encountered it.

I wouldn't have expected a lot of current in the Chesapeake but then, the article didn't say whether the lemmings' boat was anchored.

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